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This Recommendation specifies mechanisms for the generation of random bits
using deterministic methods. In this revision, the specification of the
Dual_EC_DRBG has been removed. The remaining DRBGs (i.e., Hash_DRBG, HMAC_DRBG
and CTR_DRBG) are recommended for use. Other changes included in this revision
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<p>The following publications specify the design and implementation of random
bit generators (RBGs), in two classes: <em>Deterministic Random Bit
Generators</em> (pseudo RBGs); and <em>Non-Deterministic Random bit
Generators</em> (True RBGs).</p>
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<li><a data-csrc-pub-link="true" data-pub-guid="3f0041e3-b2cc-4b71-
bb3a-01a90326e968" href="/publications/detail/sp/800-90a/rev-1/final">SP 800-
90A,</a> <em>Recommendation for Random Number Generation Using Deterministic
Random Bit Generators</em>
<ul>
<li><em>June 25, 2015: </em>This Recommendation
specifies mechanisms for the generation of random bits using deterministic
methods. In this revision, the specification of the Dual_EC_DRBG has been
removed. The remaining DRBGs (i.e., Hash_DRBG, HMAC_DRBG and CTR_DRBG) are
recommended for use. Other changes included in this revision are listed in an
appendix.</li>
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<li><a data-csrc-pub-link="true" data-pub-guid="ff2dba0d-a121-410f-
ac70-b93c1ddc6d82" href="/publications/detail/sp/800-90b/final">SP 800-
90B</a><a data-csrc-pub-link="true" data-pub-guid="801a2136-d832-44d8-84d0-
1931a7dee101" href="csrc.nist.gov/publications/detail/sp/800-90b/final">,</a>
<em>Recommendation for the Entropy Sources Used for Random Bit Generation</em>
<ul>
<li><em>January 10, 2018: </em>This Recommendation
specifies the design principles and requirements for the entropy sources used
by Random Bit Generators, and the tests for the validation of entropy sources.
These entropy sources are intended to be combined with Deterministic Random
Bit Generator mechanisms that are specified in SP 800-90A to construct Random
Bit Generators, as specified in SP 800-90C.</li>
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<li><a data-csrc-pub-link="true" data-pub-guid="a3f96ea4-f7c6-4155-
a3fa-5d1042c006c8" href="/publications/detail/sp/800-90c/draft">SP 800-
90C</a>, <em>Recommendation for Random Bit Generator (RBG) Constructions</em>
<ul>
<li><em>April 13, 2016: </em>NIST invites comments on
the second draft of NIST Special Publication (SP) 800-90C, Recommendation
for Random Bit Generator (RBG) Constructions. This Recommendation specifies
constructions for the implementation of RBGs. An RBG may be a deterministic
random bit generator (DRBG) or a non-deterministic random bit generator
(NRBG). The constructed RBGs consist of DRBG mechanisms, as specified in SP
800-90A, and entropy sources, as specified in SP 800-90B. The comment
period closed June 13, 2016</li>
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<p>On May 2-3, 2016, NIST hosted <a data-csrc-link="true" data-node-

guid="abaf9280-29f5-4c9d-bcd6-33a2e4356fc9" href="/events/2016/random-bit-
generation-workshop-2016">a workshop on Random Number Generation </a>to
discuss the SP 800-90 series of documents--specifically, SP 800-90B and SP
800-90C.</p>
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NIST's Randomness Beacon</h4>
<p>NIST is implementing a source of public randomness--the <a

href="https://www.nist.gov/programs-projects/nist-randomness-beacon">NIST
Randomness Beacon</a>. The service (at<a
href="https://beacon.nist.gov/home"> https://beacon.nist.gov/home</a>)
uses two independent commercially available sources of randomness, each with
an independent hardware entropy source and SP 800-90-approved components.</p>
<p>The Beacon is designed to provide <em>unpredictability, autonomy, and

consistency. Unpredictability</em> means that users cannot
algorithmically predict bits before they are made available by the
source. <em>Autonomy</em> means that the source is resistant to
attempts by outside parties to alter the distribution of the random
bits. <em>Consistency</em> means that a set of users can access the
source in such a way that they are confident they all receive the same random
string.</p>
<h4>Additional Random Number Generation Standards Development Bodies</h4>
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<li><a href="http://www.ansi.org">ANSI</a> <a
href="http://www.x9.org">X9F1</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.iso.org/committee/45306.html">ISO/IEC
JTC1/SC27</a></li>
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<li><a href="https://csrc.nist.gov/projects/cryptographic-standards-
and-guidelines/example-values">Examples with Intermediate Values</a></li>
<li><a href="https://csrc.nist.gov/Projects/Computer-Security-Objects-
Register/Algorithm-Registration">Object Identifiers (OIDs)</a></li>
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<p id="projContact0"><span class='contact-display'><strong data-
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<span data-field='lastname'>Team</span> </strong><br/><a
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field='full-name'><span data-field='title'>Ms.</span> <span data-
field='firstname'>Elaine</span> <span data-field='lastname'>Barker</span>
</strong> - <strong data-field='affiliation'><span data-
field='affiliation'>NIST</span></strong><br/><a
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data-field='full-name'><span data-field='title'>Ms.</span> <span data-
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